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Research & Sponsored Programs
Meet the Team
The Research & Sponsored Programs team provides a range of services to faculty and staff seeking funding from public and private not-for-profit sponsors, navigating through the proposal review, submission and award setup process, issuing subawards, and providing educational programs for faculty and staff.
Diane Ambrose
Assistant Vice President, Sponsored Programs, Policy, and Training
Phone(848) 932-4037
Mobile: (973) 692-5845
Chrissa Papaioannou
Affiliations
New Brunswick: RBHS, Rutgers
Camden: Rutgers
Christopher Stastny
Associate Director, Research and Sponsored Programs
Letitia Dean
Affiliations
Newark: RBHS, Rutgers
Lisa Correa
Nicole Nicholas-Bennett
Research Contract / Grant Manager, Research and Sponsored Programs
Affiliations
New Brunswick: RBHS, Rutgers
Camden: Rutgers
Sharon Mcfarlane
Affiliations
Newark: RBHS
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Research Contract Services
Meet the Team
Research Contract Services supports the research community with expert contract management services to grow the University’s research enterprise and establish and strengthen strategic alliances with its sponsors. Our team reviews, drafts, negotiates, and executes research and sponsored program agreements, as well as material transfer agreements, data use agreements, and nondisclosure agreements on behalf of University researchers.
Melissa Matsil
Tunisia Lipford
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Research Financial Services
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Research Financial Services performs central financial accounting for sponsored research, and provides post-award administration support services for the university’s sponsored programs and other restricted funds, including the coordination of effort certification processes.
Lamar Oglesby
Anna Dampf
Nazam Mohammed
Vivian Thomas-Mcclain
Assistant Director, Award Setup & Accounts Receivable
Sieglinde Frietag-O’Connor
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Research Regulatory Affairs
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Research Regulatory Affairs helps research faculty, administrators and staff comply with local, state and national laws and regulations, and promotes the responsible conduct of research and the integrity of the scientific record through education, training and certification.
Hila Berger
Assistant Vice President, Research Regulatory Affairs
Glenn Krell
Swapnali Chaudhari, MBBS, MS, CIP
Director, Institutional Review Board (IRB) and Human Research Protection Program (HRPP)
Andrea Dragan, MPH, CIP
Malica T. Dock
Robert Phillips
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New Ventures
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New Ventures works with Rutgers researchers to establish new start-ups, connect with potential industry mentors, and provide financial and business development support through commercialization funding programs to advance research and technologies towards commercialization.
Vincent Smeraglia
Dan Benderly
Pragati Sharma
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Research Relationships
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The Research Relationships team designs programming and training opportunities for researchers across the institution to identify funding for new research ideas, engage with new collaborators, and strengthen external proposal submissions.
Marika Dunn
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Technology Transfer
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Technology Transfer aims to partner with the Rutgers community to encourage deliberate innovation, protect and leverage Rutgers intellectual property, foster collaboration with industry, and enable entrepreneurship.
Deborah Perez Fernandez
Andrea Dick
Alexandra (Alex) Pechhold
Eusebio Pires
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Universitywide Core Services
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The Universitywide Core Services team supports, builds and coordinates university-wide specialized laboratories which offer state-of-the-art equipment, unique instrumentation and shared services managed by scientists with the technical expertise and experience to help other researchers at Rutgers and beyond.
Jeetendra Eswaraka
Lisa Antonucci
Cristina Estillore
John Hershey
Matthew Keller
Assistant Director, Business Operations and Animal Facilities
Phone(848) 445-7332
Emailmlkeller@rutgers.edu
Shoreh Miller
Peter Romanienko
Joseph Ruffin
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Finance & Administration
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The Finance and Administration team manages the overall business administration and ensures the fiscal responsibility of the Office for Research, supporting the financial and strategic objectives of the office and its respective units. The unit also includes Human Resources, Research Analytics & Systems, Research IT and Research Communications.
Todd Slawsky
Faizan Ahmed
Wael Hanna
Charles Mathews
Christopher Perkins
Director of Data, Analytics & Business Intelligence